" Loving is misery for women always. I shall never forgive God for making me a woman and dearly am I beginning to pay for the honour of owning a pretty face. "

Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd

" Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives. "

William James US Pragmatist philosopher & psychologist (1842 – 1910)

" It is almost impossible to smile on the outside without feeling better on the inside. "

Author Unknown

" I have seen the hippopotamus, both asleep and awake; and I can assure you that, awake or asleep, he is the ugliest of the works of God. "

Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1850 English author & politician (1800 – 1859)

" I envy people who drink. At least they have something to blame everything on. "

Oscar Levant (1906 – 1972)

" There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home. "

Ken Olsen, President, Digital Equipment, 1977 US computer engineer & industrialist (1926 – )

" In the whole wretched business there was something generous that was doing its best to flower. "

J. M. Coetzee, Disgrace (novel)

" Every time we say, “Let there be!” in any form, something happens. "

Stella Terrill Mann

" For what are posessions but things we guard for fear we might need them tomorrow? "

Kahlil Gibron, (book) The Profit

" The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. "

Anatole France, The Red Lily, 1894, chapter 7 French novelist (1844 – 1924)

" Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light. "

Helen Keller US blind & deaf educator (1880 – 1968)

" A wise man is he who does not grieve for the thing which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. "

Epictetus Roman (Greek-born) slave & Stoic philosopher (55 AD – 135 AD)

" The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about others things. "

Bertrand Russell British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 – 1970)

" I am not a role model. "

Mike Tyson

" Mistakes are the portals of discovery. "

James Joyce Irish author (1882 – 1941)

" When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in confederacy against him. "

Jonathan Swift Irish essayist, novelist, & satirist (1667 – 1745)

" If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe. "

Lord Salisbury

" The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue. "

Oscar Levant (1906 – 1972)

" What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets. "

Andre Malraux French author & resistance leader (1901 – 1976)

" I am certain there is too much certainty in the world. "

Michael Crichton, State of Fear US author & screenwriter (1942 – )

" Would that the Roman people had a single neck [to cut off their head]. "

Caligula (Gaius Caesar), From Suetonius Roman emperor 037-041 (12 AD – 41 AD)

" You can never learn less, you can only learn more. "

Keith Degreen

" What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left. "

Oscar Levant (1906 – 1972)

" The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquillity, servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death. "

Cicero Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC – 43 BC)

" Proportion your expenses to what you have, not what you expect. "

English Proverb

" The eternal silence of these infinite spaces fills me with dread. "

Blaise Pascal French mathematician, physicist (1623 – 1662)

" Prejudice squints when it looks, and lies when it talks. "

Duchess de Abrantes

" I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific. "

Lily Tomlin US actress & comedienne (1939 – )

" If you want to go somewhere, goto is the best way to get there. "

Ken Thompson

" He who is not aware of his ignorance will only be misled by his knowledge. "

Richard Whatley

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